Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: kyakpu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the Himalayan yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula

Nepali: mansāʔpro, malsāʔpro

Derivation: [< kyek onomatopoeia + -pu animal suffix; cf. kartɨkpu, sya:lpu ]

Comments: cf. kyek.

Entry: kyek, kyek-kyek-kyek

Grammar: onomatopoeia

Meaning: the barking sound of the kyakpu, q.v.

Entry: laitsi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) the Nepalese cardamom, Amomum subulatum, a shrub with large long leaves living in moist or humid surroundings, bearing yellow flowers; 2) the fruit of the alaĩcī-plant consisting of refreshingly tangy red seeds in a brownish pod.

Derivation: [< Nep. alaĩcī ]

Entry: lal

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: 1) up front, in front 2) before.

Nepali: agāḍi

Comments: 1) cf. yo:

Entry: lala

Grammar: n.

Meaning: golden ornamental jewelry worn by women.

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā ]

Entry: lalikha

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: love

Comments: cf. mɨnnɨ vt-7 (4).

Entry: lallal

Grammar: adv.emph.

Meaning: up front, in front

Nepali: agāḍi-agāḍi.

Derivation: [< lal 'up front']

Entry: lallambu

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: front side, to the front of

Nepali: agāḍipaṭṭī

Derivation: [< lal 'front' + lambɨ 'at (same elevation)']

Comments: cf. yo:lambu.

Entry: lalsa:lu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sternum

Derivation: [lal 'front' + sa:lu 'bone']

Comments: cf. heksa:lu, lalsu, tsat-sa:lu.

Entry: lalsu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: chest

Derivation: [lal 'front' + su 'meat']

Comments: cf. lalsa:lu.

Entry: lam

Grammar: postp.

Meaning: via.

Entry: lam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: road, way, path

Nepali: bāṭo

Derivation: [attested in Khārmī only; rejected in Sasarkā and Lamdi:dza as a loan from Sangpang (Sāŋpāŋ)]

Comments: cf. lamdu.

Entry: lamba, lambha

Grammar: 1) adv. 2) postp.

Meaning: 1) below, downhill, downstairs 2) down toward, down to

Nepali: 1) ohrālo

Derivation: [*lam 'road' + -ba anomalous derivative ʔ< -bɨ 'down at']

Comments: cf. lambɨ, lamda, lamtɨ.

Entry: lambha

Comments: vide lamba.

Entry: lambɨ

Grammar: 1) adv. 2) postp.

Meaning: 1) on a level plane

Nepali: tira

Derivation: [*lam 'road' + -bɨ anomalous derivative [< -bu 'at (same elevation)']

Comments: cf. lamba, lamda, lamtɨ.

Entry: lamda

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: down below

Nepali: ũdho

Derivation: [*lam 'road' + -da 'down at']

Comments: cf. lamba, lambɨ, lamtɨ.

Entry: Lamdi:dza

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the ancestral Dumi homeland extending from the Rāva Kholā, above its confluence with the Tāp, up to the top of the Bāksilā ridge, excluding Sun%del, Simpānī and Mākpā

Derivation: [< *lam 'road']

Comments: vide Section 1.2.

Entry: lamdɨ

Comments: vide lamdu.

Entry: lamdu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: road, way, path

Nepali: bāṭo

Comments: cf. lam.

Entry: lamthi:nɨ

Grammar: vi-1 lam thi:y/thi:

Meaning: 1) fall 2) hit the road, be on one's way

Nepali: 1) khasnu, laḍnu; 2) hĩḍnu.

Derivation: [lam road, way + thi:nɨ stumble and fall]

Comments: 2) AN de:l-lamtɨ bele lɨkɨyi lamthi:yǝm I have gone off to loiter about in the village.